Other ideas include raising the cost of burial and cremation fees to save £78,000, scrapping the Swansea Leader council newspaper which would raise £30,000, reducing overtime for cleaning staff to save £100,000 and increasing the charges for Swansea Marina to save £65,000.

The council’s leader Rob Stewart said the authority had already made significant savings in recent years, but more needed to be done to close the gap between what the council needs to spend on services and the amount it receives to do this.

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He said: “We are living in unprecedented times. Austerity is not over and the money we receive from the Government is falling at a time when demand for our services is rising.

“We spend an average £4,000 a year per household on council services which equates to around £1m a day being spent on vital services valued in our communities."

Councillor Stewart added: “Putting up council tax on its own wouldn’t work simply because a 1% increase would generate £800,000. It would take over a 100% increase in council tax to bridge the gap we face in the next few years. That’s not fair and no-one would support it.

“People understand we are facing very difficult choices and that services will change dramatically.

“This isn’t just about reducing funding; it’s about finding new ways of working, modernising services, being smarter and more efficient.”